Show TESTIMONY IN ASSAULT CASE CASI f Police Committee of oi Counci Council i Hears Charges Against Detective r. r h l OFFICER STANDS ALONE ALONEt Statements Made by Wheeling t- t 1 Are Not Backed by Witnesses l J. J J. J Stewart Ed J. J ODonnell O'Donnell and Marl Mark composing tho police pollee committee ot of tho the council met with Chief Chic of ot Police Pitt In tho the chiefs chief's private private vate yate office at police headquarters at ats at's s 30 o'clock last night to consider the the chal charges es preferred against Detective rank Frank M M. Wheeling by M. M H H. Rice a negro veterinary surgeon of ot this city In hi a a. communication sent to the city council at Its meeting two weeks w eks ago a o nice flee charged th that t Detective Wheeling arrested him without reason cursed him forced him to humiliate himself lr b by answering unwarranted questions and finally assaulting him hini by striking him i with his fist In Chief PIUs Pitt's office In tho presence of the I chief I Other Detectives cs Present Besides the members of or tho the police potice committee Rice Wheeling and J. J F. F 13 Bowman Ricos Rico's attorney were pres pre ent Lieutenant Richard L. L Shannon and Chief of ot Detectives cs George Geore A. A Sheets SheeL wore wor also p present e ent although neither i er tool took t oo l any part in tho t I m proceed proceeding I ing n Rice's Rices story was vas to the tho effect that ho li had been assaulted by the detective detec detec- tIe tive In Chief Pitts Pitt's office on a anoon t noon of or July 20 W and that tho the was committed because he Rice didd did I Inot not quickly show the detective contents of or a case o of he ho was carrying carrIn and because e he told Chief Pitt that ho would have havo answered an an- Wheeling's curiosity in rega regard rd to tho the contents of ot the cac cae had hall Wheeling addressed him and acted to toward toward toward to- to ward him as a gentleman should Detective c Wheeling's story was wa to lo lothe the effect that tho the negro told him that It Il was none of or his d d-d d d business as to what ho had In tho the case caso fie He also testified that Rice had seen fit to call him a liar Jar and for that he ho struck at nt him but missed him A. A Herman a clerk in the New York loan office 46 East Second South street testified that the negro had refused refused refused re re- fused to allow Wheeling to examine tho contents of tho the case sc but that he did not remember the negro using using- uIn an any ny sor sort t o of oC f curso curse words Seemed to Bo lb Quarreling Chlof Chief Pitt said that Rice and Wheeling Wheel lOg ing in seemed to bo he quarreling quarreling- about abou something but that ho was busy husy am an anc paid no 10 attention to It Asked tin the question whether or not the negro called Wheeling a d d rt liar th tho chief cald eald ho did not hear that al although although although al- al though he was within a few feet o oi of thorn tl m. m Tho members of tho committee re ro retired 10 tired to another room for or consultation consulta consulta- minutes tion and after some somo twenty said that result of Ol d and bo wont to h JI h tHo olo I bY toy thaI hotly body at nt Its He meeting n l fonday night None Hone of the Iho members who wore approached ap- ap asked for an outline of 01 cd and I. I t J. r c u sc ot tho the mOny d vou what maUo o H. H statement Indicating their verdict win wilt ho no After the thc meeting adjourned Detective De Do- p Wheeling ln remarked that ho had been an officer for nearly 30 years year and before been called that hp he had never superior upon the car carpet et before a 3 ot or charges preferred pre pro preferred officer because ut e because by hy a d d-d d d negro Rico has n never vcr been in an any trouble beer boci and has never with the police charged with a with a a crime of ot any sort |